Yuan Cao

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Yuan Cao
曹原
Born1996 (age 27–28)[2]
Chengdu, Sichuan, China[2]
NationalityChinese
Alma mater
Scientific career
FieldsTwistronics[1]
Websitecaoyuan.scripts.mit.edu

Yuan Cao (

superconductor or as an insulator when exposed to an electric field.[3][4] In 2018, Nature chose him as one of 10 people who mattered that year in science, calling him a "graphene wrangler."[3][5][6][7][8]

Early life and education

Cao was born in Chengdu, Sichuan, China, in 1996. He attended Shenzhen Yaohua Experimental School from 2007 to 2010.[2]

Cao was admitted to and started his undergraduate education at the Special Class for the Gifted Young of the University of Science and Technology of China in 2010. He traveled to the United States and studied at the University of Michigan as an undergraduate exchange student from 2012 to 2013.[9] In 2014, Cao graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China, receiving a Bachelor of Science with a major in physics. He went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2014 and received a Doctor of Philosophy in electrical engineering in 2020.[10]

Career

After graduation in 2020, he began his postdoctoral research in Pablo Jarillo-Herrero's group studying graphene.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Cao, Yuan. "Yuan Cao". Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d 張子清. "「自然」雜誌公布年度十大科學人物 賀建奎上榜" (in Chinese). 中央廣播電臺. Archived from the original on 2018-12-23. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
  3. ^ a b ELIZABETH GIBNEY. "Nature's 10 - Ten people who mattered this year". Nature. Archived from the original on 2018-12-19. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
  4. ^ "Chinese scientist ranked in top 10". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  5. ^ 刘世东. ""石墨烯驾驭者"：中国95后博士登上《自然》年度科学人物榜首". 中国科技网 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2018-12-22. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
  6. The Paper. Archived
    from the original on 2018-12-19. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
  7. ^ 林庭瑤. "「自然」科學人物 中國天才曹原居首、賀建奎亦入列" (in Chinese). United Daily News. Archived from the original on 2019-08-30. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
  8. ^ "《自然》年度科學人物 「石墨烯駕馭者」曹原名列榜首" (in Chinese). ETtoday新聞雲. Archived from the original on 2019-08-30. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
  9. ^ "25岁"天才少年"曹原再上热搜，3年5登《自然》_科技 _ 文汇网". www.whb.cn. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
  10. ^ "Yuan Cao's Homepage". caoyuan.scripts.mit.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
  11. ^ "Nature's 10". www.nature.com. Retrieved 13 January 2021.

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